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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,988 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:42 PM Sep 2025

Trump insists UN speech 'very well received' -- as it leaves critics flabbergasted

Trump insists UN speech 'very well received' — as it leaves critics flabbergasted

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President Donald Trump insisted that his speech to the United Nations General Assembly was "very well received" — even as aghast critics called it "sheer lunacy" and "bonkers"
In a Truth Social post following the nearly hour-long rambling Tuesday speech, Trump referred to the event as "a great honor."

"I believe the speech was very well received," he asserted, noting the focus on immigration and energy. "I hope everybody gets to watch it!"


"The teleprompter was broken and the escalator came to a sudden hault [sic] as we were ridding [sic] up to the podium, but both of those events probably made the speech more interesting than it would have been otherwise," he added. "It is always an honor to speak at the United Nations, even if, their equipment is somewhat faulty."

Viewers, experts and diplomats alike reacted to the speech with shock, while UN attendees sat largely in silence for the 55 minutes that Trump spoke

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Trump insists UN speech 'very well received' -- as it leaves critics flabbergasted (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 OP
Narcissist in cognitive decline n/t leftstreet Sep 2025 #1
He knows he bombed. C_U_L8R Sep 2025 #2
You can believe anything you want Aviation Pro Sep 2025 #3
"Well received" in the sense that no tomatoes were thrown at him. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2025 #4
It would have been nice if all of the U.N. Delegates sdfernando Sep 2025 #5
He believes senseandsensibility Sep 2025 #6
I love maintenance people Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #7

Buns_of_Fire

(19,222 posts)
4. "Well received" in the sense that no tomatoes were thrown at him.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:55 PM
Sep 2025

Either ripe, over-ripe, canned, or bottled.

sdfernando

(6,108 posts)
5. It would have been nice if all of the U.N. Delegates
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:55 PM
Sep 2025

spent the entire 55 minutes laughing at him.

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